When Were Individual States Admitted to the U.S.?
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The United States of America is currently made up of 50 states and they officially joined the union over a period of 172 years. Here are some interesting statistics about admission to the union:
- Most common day of the month to join the union: 1st of the month (5 states)
- Most common month for states to join the union: December (9 states)
- Least common month for states to join the union: September and October (one admission each)
- Only two states admitted on exactly the same date: North and South Dakota (2 November 1889)
- Admission dates that coincide with U.S. holidays:
- Oregon and Arizona were admitted on Valentine's Day (14 February)
- Nevada was admitted on Halloween (31 October)
- Washington was admitted on Veteran's Day (11 November)
- Most admissions in one particular month: November 1889 (4 states)
- Year with the most admissions: 1788 (8 states)
Here are two charts representing the dates of admission to the United States. The first chart lists the states in order of admission date. In the second chart, the states are organized in alphabetical order.
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The U.S. has now gone the longest period of time since the last state was admitted. To date it is just over 49 years. The previous longest period between admissions was just under 47 years - between the admission of Arizona and Alaska.
- jh443
There are only 33 states admitted to the Union. It takes the President and two thirds of the Senate to concur to ratify a treaty necessary to admit a State to the Union. The best example of the fraud of there being 50 states is North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington. The United State Senate was not even in session in November 1889. I live in Yakama. They call this Washington State. They claim their constitution was ratified in this state on November 7th and then was admitted to the Union on November 11th. This is a total fraud. I am going to throw the corporate washington state right off the damned continent.
- ericzahler
Wow! Arizona was the last state in the continental US to be accepted to the US! Not exactly what you would have guessed!
- malena
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